Discover more about the Ootsidebox touchless technology through our blog.

Blog Archive

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Cool stuff: our R&D is working on a tele-haptics and real-time communication system

Cool stuff: our R&D is working on a tele-haptics and real-time communication system with rich emotional and affective channels.

Extending the OOTSIDEBOX's touchless-3D-gesture platform with an haptic actuator, we propose to:

Improve the emotional immersive experience in virtual and augmented realities.

Enhance the social interactivity of real-time messagingusers

Our haptic accessory is able to generate tangible tactile sensations. Theactuators gently stimulate areas of the skin, driven by the movements of the hand in front of the Touchless -gesture sensitive screen.Here are some pictures of our actuator early stage prototype: